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Sin City

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Sin City (2005)

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Reviews Counted: 230

Fresh: 177

Rotten:53

Average Rating: 7.4/10

Consensus: Visually groundbreaking and terrifically violent.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sustained strong stylized violence, nudity and sexual content including dialogue

Runtime: 2 hrs 27 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Theatrical Release: Apr 1, 2005 Wide

Box Office: $73,995,242

Synopsis: Adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, SIN CITY is Robert Rodriguez's striking film noir infused with fantasy, taking place in a world where it is eternally nighttime and everything is drenched in rain and violence. Using a unique... Adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novels, SIN CITY is Robert Rodriguez's striking film noir infused with fantasy, taking place in a world where it is eternally nighttime and everything is drenched in rain and violence. Using a unique combination of silvery black and white digital photography with occasional flashes of bright color for dazzling punctuation, Rodriguez employs green screen techniques and paints a backdrop around each scene, using Miller's co-direction as his cue to match the original setting as closely as possible. Three stories weave together, occasionally overlapping. With lines delivered flatly in the hard-boiled style of Raymond Chandler, these tales are about crime, love, loss, and being preternaturally tough. In the most caustically dramatic segment, Mickey Rourke plays the fearlessly lovestruck Marv, a trenchcoat-clad beast who falls in love with prostitute Goldie (Jaime King) only to find her murdered by a demonic cannibal (Elijah Wood). In another segment, Bruce Willis plays Hartigan, a rogue cop with a "bum ticker" whose goal in life is to save Nancy (Jessica Alba), an innocent stripper, from a murderous rapist (Nick Stahl). The third segment stars Clive Owen as a detective caught between murdered cop Jackie Boy (Benicio Del Toro) and a slew of lethally dangerous vixens lead by Gail (Rosario Dawson). With blood spurting white, yellow, and yes even red; a roster of hot actors that goes on and on; and sound editing that makes you feel like you're the one being punched in the face, SIN CITY is a gift for fans of Miller's art, loaded with style and grit. [More]

Starring: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson

Starring: Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Frank Miller, Benicio Del Toro, Clive Owen, Brittany Murphy, Nick Stahl, Alexis Bledel, Devon Aoki, Elijah Wood, Michael Clarke Duncan, Carla Gugino, Michael Madsen, Josh Hartnett, Arie Verveen

Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez

Director: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Screenwriter: Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Producer: Elizabeth Avellan, Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez
Composer: John Debney, Graeme Revell, Robert Rodriguez
Studio: Dimension Films

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Release:

Aug 16, 2006

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DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English, French
  • Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 Surround Sound - English, French

Reviews for Sin City

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07/22/05
Sydney Morning Herald
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A stunning explosion of black and white, with splashes of red.

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07/11/05
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Full Review Source: In Film Australia | comment Comment
06/24/05
Luke Buckmaster
In Film Australia
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...a gleaming pop revelation, a completely realized vision...

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10/31/07
Rob Gonsalves
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Eager to blaze trails for desktop moviemaking, what did these artists do? Throw fuel on the fires of viewers' basest appetites.

Full Review Source: Looking Closer | comment Comment
09/07/07
Jeffrey Overstreet
Looking Closer
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While the book succeeded in pushing the boundaries of its medium, the film merely feels like a triumph of technology.

Full Review Source: Time Out New York | comment Comment
08/16/07
Trevor Johnston
Time Out New York
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About as close to geek heaven as a film adaptation has ever been.

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07/14/07
Joe Lozito
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A worthwhile piece of eye candy.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/18/07
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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For those who revel in this kind of adrenaline rush spectator sport, let the games begin.

Full Review Source: Long Island Press | comment Comment
03/28/07
Prairie Miller
Long Island Press
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For all its visual razzle-dazzle and enjoyably bad-ass attitude, there's something curiously empty about Sin City.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
03/01/07
Ethan Alter
Film Journal International
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The world Miller and Rodriguez have created is so bleak and nasty it's difficult to see what lasting value any sort of redemption could have here.

Full Review Source: Christianity Today | comment Comment
10/11/06
Peter T. Chattaway
Christianity Today
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My own trajectory while watching Sin City--excited, bored, offended...back to bored...roll credits

Full Review Source: Perihelion Journal | comment Comment
09/20/06
Jay Antani
Perihelion Journal
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Immensely likable and ultimately cool.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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If Raymond Chandler and Daffy Duck could have produced a child, Sin City would be their baby.

Full Review Source: New York Magazine | comment Comment
05/12/06
Ken Tucker
New York Magazine
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For the guys it’s Rodriguez’s best film by far and a treat for fans of good-looking girls in black-and-white, of classic film noir and of imaginative ultra-violence.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/07/06
Kim Newman
Empire Magazine
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It is bare, and bold, and necessary.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Greg Wilson
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An instant movie classic.

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12/06/05
Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel
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What an electric cast!

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
KJ Doughton
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Su verdadera fuerza radica en una historia que refleja el grado de degradación social, espiritual y emocional al que podemos llegar los habitantes de las grandes ciudades.

Full Review Source: Moviola | comment Comment
11/25/05
Jorge Avila Andrade
Moviola
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Its creators invent a queasily intoxicating new world.

Full Review Source: Onion AV Club | comment Comment
09/26/05
Keith Phipps
Onion AV Club
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